States and Debt

Jan 31

Democracy and Power:  104 Future Debt Burden A government debt is a government claim against personal income and private property – an unpaid tax bill. – Hans F. Sennholz, All democracies institute programs for current voters and shift the debt to future workers, even the unborn.  Social Security, Medicare, prescriptions drug benefits for seniors are prime...

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Be Thankful: No Piddling Compromise

Nov 25

Be Thankful:  No Piddling Compromise

Democracy and Power:  104 Future Debt Burden A government debt is a government claim against personal income and private property – an unpaid tax bill. – Hans F. Sennholz, All democracies institute programs for current voters and shift the debt to future workers…even the unborn.  Social Security, Medicare, prescriptions drug benefits for seniors are all...

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The 12 Super Czars Can’t Reduce the Debt

Nov 10

Democracy and Power:  104 Future Debt Burden Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt. – Herbert Hoover All democracies institute programs for current voters and shift the debt to future workers, even the unborn.  Social Security, Medicare, prescription drug benefits for seniors are prime examples of those programs in America. The 12 Super...

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Tea Party Group Casts National Debt as a Household Budget

Oct 02

Tea Party Group Casts National Debt as a Household Budget

Democracy and Power:  104 Government Debt – An Unpaid Tax Bill The history of public debt is the very history of national power: how it has been won and how it has been lost. …  But never, outside periods of total war, has the debt of the world’s most powerful states grown so immense. Never has it so heavily threatened their political systems and standards of...

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A Politician’s Version Of Ponzi Scheme

Sep 24

A Politician’s Version Of Ponzi Scheme

Democracy and Power:  104 Future Debt Burden A government debt is a government claim against personal income and private property – an unpaid tax bill. – Hans F. Sennholz, All democracies institute programs for current voters and shift the debt to future workers, even the unborn.  Social Security, Medicare, prescriptions drug benefits for seniors are prime...

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“… the president will be running for re-election as Nancy Pelosi,” Ross Douthat, New York Times

Sep 21

“… the president will be running for re-election as Nancy Pelosi,”  Ross Douthat, New York Times

Democracy and Power:  104 Future Debt Burden A government debt is a government claim against personal income and private property – an unpaid tax bill. – Hans F. Sennholz, All democracies institute programs for current voters and shift the debt to future workers, even the unborn.  Social Security, Medicare, prescriptions drug benefits for seniors are prime...

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